MOUNT v. STATE (2022)

Wilson Mount appeals the revocation of the probation given him on his felony battery conviction, a third-degree felony. The revocation came after Mount admitted to violating the terms of his probation with a new law violation. As part of that revocation, the trial court sentenced Mount to the lowest permissible duration, thirty-one and a half months in prison.

At the revocation hearing, the State did not request that the court assess any more than the statutorily mandated $100 as the cost of prosecution for a felony, so it also did not present any proof of costs exceeding that amount. See § 938.27(8), Fla. Stat. The trial court in turn orally pronounced an assessment of the $100 prosecution cost, but a judgment for fines and costs that the court subsequently rendered reflects an assessment of $200. This of course was error. Mount properly preserved the issue, see Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.800(b)(2); Fla. R. App. P. 9.140(e); and the State concedes error on this point. In turn, while we AFFIRM the revocation order, including the sentence it imposed, we VACATE the judgment for fines and costs and REMAND the matter so that the trial court can render a corrected judgment.

Per Curiam.

Winokur, Nordby, and Tanenbaum, JJ., concur.